BVIHSA actively working on compensation issues
Chairman of the BVI Health Services Authority (BVIHSA), Moleto Smith, said the BVIHSA Board has been making the long-protested issue of compensation for staff a matter of priority.
Smith told reporters at a recent press conference that the issues of recruitment and retention as well as compensation of staff is a balancing act.
According to the chairman, there has been a hiring freeze at the healthcare facility for months. He said this freeze is on non-critical positions. Smith said this hiring freeze is coupled with a request for other cost-saving measures the cash-strapped organisation is exploring.
He also praised BVIHSA Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr June Samuel and her team for their creativity in finding new recruitment areas for nurses and other staff.
Health Minister Marlon Penn recently disclosed that the BVIHSA entered into an agreement with Cuba, which will result in a limited number of health professionals being deployed to the BVI over the next year.
But Smith said the agency is looking at everything in order to achieve that balance and said it will require continued collaboration with the Health Ministry, among other things.
Payment equity a concern
In the meantime, Smith explained that the Board has engaged in a comprehensive compensation review which is currently underway and said he was hopeful that results will be received within the next few months so decisions can be made.
Part of the entire recruitment process that the BVIHSA is embarking on is based on the important issue of payment equity.
“We know that compensation and issues around compensation have been less than ideal for sometime, but the Board is not leaving the white elephant, just [rampant] on the table, we are actually working directly to address these things,” Smith told reporters.
He added: “I’m not giving you a lot of additional detail until the final products come to us because there are some proposals that will be fleshed out and we’re hoping that the month of December or early January we’ll have those completed and brought to us but we are actively working on compensation issues.”
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It is truly sad to hear all that is going on at the hospital under your watch, favoritism, nationalism and unethical behavior are the norm. The Ministry eithier knows and doesnt care or is in support of all that goes on!
Ayo looking company for myron and andrew but it nah go happen
Zan needed to ask him where is the Auditor that blew the whistle is working now? It was clear from the answers that no investigation was done on her report.
corruption at its fullest managment,need to go no direction in that place they just wasting the money no person cares those so called manager doing what they want no example and staff place running shabby
Well we be looking forward at this review on the workers Hope we can get a good looking back pay or a reasonial o ay rsise $5-7per hr more and please review this 1% that the Board CEO agreed on that causing ppl to flee BVIHSA
You need competent Manager’s. Get rid of this lot. After 5years of no increments they give the workers 1% increase. This is slavery mentality being perpetrated on the workers. Please look at where they are trying to recruit from. Just imaging the minimum wage they are going to offer these professionals. I hope the Cubans do not let them exploit them. This management have no heart. While money is freely wasted the on whims and fantasies the staff goes abegging and there is no board, or minister of education to beg for them. I hope the minister has met with the staff by now. If not, please do so before Christmas. Mr minister go and meet with the staff. Management only tells you what they think you needs to know. Remember worker were shut out from the inception of the board. There is never a worker representative on the board.